diff --git a/libavdevice/v4l.c b/libavdevice/v4l.c
index 7c8b3971ea11ac0c14d50d9beac9c8130eada975..3e5e5eb919f0cdf171aaa2cfb9d01789448f5db2 100644
--- a/libavdevice/v4l.c
+++ b/libavdevice/v4l.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static const AVClass v4l_class = {
 };
 
 AVInputFormat ff_v4l_demuxer = {
-    .name           = "video4linux",
+    .name           = "video4linux,v4l",
     .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Video4Linux device grab"),
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(VideoData),
     .read_header    = grab_read_header,
diff --git a/libavdevice/v4l2.c b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
index 468d4c168710299e9350a1868aa02e4c702f84a3..9e26b2d48de08439bc4106100710c685d360b63b 100644
--- a/libavdevice/v4l2.c
+++ b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static const AVClass v4l2_class = {
 };
 
 AVInputFormat ff_v4l2_demuxer = {
-    .name           = "video4linux2",
+    .name           = "video4linux2,v4l2",
     .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Video4Linux2 device grab"),
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(struct video_data),
     .read_header    = v4l2_read_header,